cm 
look black ? And whether this Tintoe cannot be got out 
with any Soape, yet difappears of its felf in 9 or 10 dayesf 
And whether certain Animals, and particularly Hoggs and Par- 
rets, eating of this Fruit, have their Flefn and Fat altogether 
tinged of a Violet- colour. 
2. Whether Ring-doves, that feed upon the bitter fruit of 
the Acomas Tiee, have their FMh bitter alfo ? 
3. Whether the Wood of the Jlcajoti-Treey being red,lighr^ 
and well-fented, never rots in Water, nor breeds any Worms , 
when cut in due feafon *? And whether the C hefts and Trunks, 
made thereof, keep Cloaths, placed therein, from being worm- 
eaten * 
4. Whether the Leaves of a certain Tree , peculiarly 
call'd Indian-Wood , give fuch a hmt-goufl to Meat and 
Sauces, as if it were a compoficion of feverall forts of Spi- 
ces ? 
5. Whether there be fuch two forts of the Wood, caird Sa- 
vomer or Soape* wood, of the one of which the Fruit, of the other 
the Moot ferveth for Soape i 
6. Whether the bark of the Paretuvier- wood tannes as well 
as Oake-bark 1 
7. Whether the Root of the Tree Laitm, being brayed, 
and caft into Rivers, maketh Fifties drunk ? 
8. Whether the Root of the Manioc is fo fertile , that ont 
Acre planted therewith, yields fo plentiful a crop, as (hall le*d 
more people, than fix Acres of the beft Wheat i 
9. What fymptoms doe ufually follow upon the taking of r e 
Juyce of Manioc , or upon the eating of the Juyce with the 
Root, and what Effedh are thereby produced upon the Body , 
that infer r it to be accounted a rank Poifoo < Whether any worfe 
Effects, than may be caufed by meer Cmdity , as by Turnips or 
Carrots eaten raw, and much more by raw Flefli 5 in thofc that are 
not ufed thereto $ or at moft, fome fuchnaufeous or noxious qua- 
lity, as might be corrected in the taking and the preparation | 
which correftion if effected, might perhaps render the Bread, 
made of this Manioc, much heartier-, the Juyce being likely to 
carry off the f pidt and ftrength, leaving the remainder fpirit- 
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